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Silver Falls board approves updated SRO contract with 10‑day replacement window
Summary
The Silver Falls SD 4J board voted to accept an updated school resource officer contract that shortens the replacement window to 10 days and lists a $120,000 price — about $5,000 over the district’s budgeted amount; the city’s internal cost was cited as roughly $134,000.
The Silver Falls SD 4J board voted to accept an updated contract for the district’s school resource officer, approving language that shortens the time the city has to provide a replacement officer from 30 days to 10 days and keeps the contract price at $120,000.
Kim, a district staff member who presented the contract, told the board she sent the revised version to the city and said the two changes the district requested were a corrected spelling of her last name and a shorter replacement window. "If the SRO was out more than 10 days the city would send us a replacement," she said, adding that "if they're unable to do that, then they would stop charging us for the SRO service." She said the $120,000 contract figure is about $5,000 more than the district budgeted and that the city’s internal cost is about $134,000.
Board discussion focused on clarity of the replacement language and whether the city had reviewed the changes; Speaker 5 asked whether the city had returned an edited contract or an executed version. Kim said city counsel had reviewed and approved the contract language and that the city would vote on it separately.
The board moved and seconded acceptance of the contract and the presiding member declared, "Ayes have it." The transcript does not include a roll-call vote tally. The contract will proceed with the city’s separate approval process noted by staff.
Why it matters: The contract sets terms for on‑campus officer coverage and contingency steps if an assigned officer is unavailable. The shorter replacement window reduces the time the district may be without an SRO before the city must either provide coverage or stop charging for the service. The board did not alter the overall dollar amount beyond the negotiated reduction the city offered from its internal cost.
Next steps: Staff indicated the city had reviewed the edits and would act on their side; the board’s acceptance advances the district’s side of the agreement.
